Harrow



April 13 1926.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNI-TED STATES ALBERT, M, LEXuEn OF LAFAYETTE, coma-lino- HARROW. I

Application filed April 19,1924. Serial No. 7e7,co2.

To all whom it may comer-n1:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. LEXNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Lafa ette count ofBoulder and State of a Y v -Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iarrows; and I do declare the following to. be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe artto which it appertains tomake and use the. same, leference being had to the accompanying dr-aW- front end he of s a mprm ngtw ings, and to the characters 01% reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y

This invention relates to improvements in harrows of a type adapted to be attached to plows for the purpose of harrowing the soil as it is plowed.

It is well known to all who have had any experience in agriculture that the proper time to harrow the soil is as soon as possible after it has been plowed, as it is then moist and friable. If the soil is left unharrowed for some time after it is plowed, the moisture will evaporate and the lumps will harden to such an extent that when the harrowing is finally done,.the seed bed will be full of small hard lumps which is objectionable. In addition to the reason pointed out above, it is also desirable to harrow the ground as fast as it is plowed, for in this manner much valuable time is saved. In cases where. a farmer has one team only, it is evident that he must cease plowing while he operates the harrow, which causes considerable delay.

' It is the object of this invention to pro- 'duce a harrow that can be attached to any which the preferred form of my invention is shown, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a plow equipped with my improved harrows;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the harrow showing the same detached from the plow and with th teeth in substantially vertical position;

' Fig. 3 a view similar to. that shown; in

Fig; ut ith t e teeth adjusted. so as to slant rearwardly';

,Fig. 4. 1stop plan view of'the harrow showing also a. portion of. the plowrbeamy Fig.5 is a sectiontaken on line 5-75, Fig. 4'; and

Fig. 6 is a 1 section takenon line 6+6, F ge v l Numeral; 1 represents thebeam of a plow. Secured to. this. beam at apoint near the plates Zan Th sep at sar lent cal in hape and size, ach p ateha ng ho near each end. A bolt 4 extendsthrough the plates below the beam and a second bolt" 5 connects this at the top. Bolt 5 has an extension 6 of somewhat smaller diameter than the main portion thereof. A nut 7 serves to clamp the bars 2 and 3 at the top and a second nut 8 cooperates with the outer end of the reduced portion 6. A guide member is secured to the plow beam to the rear of the clamps above described. This guide consists of a bar having a straight portion .9 provided with spaced openings for the reception of the bolts 10 and 11, which also" pass through the fiat bar 12. The guide member has a portion 13 bent at right angles I to the straight portion 9 and connects it with the vertical portion 14;, which is reversely bent at 15 and has a downwardly extending part 16 whose end 17 is bent towards the side .14, thereby forming an elongated opening '18 for the reception of the hitch bar 19.

This bar has its end provided with an opening 20 and has a straight'part extending to the point 21. The opening 20 is adapted to receive the portion 6 of bolt 5. From points 5 21 to 22, hitch bar 19 has a straight part that inclines downwardly and to the side and from point 22 to the end it is straight. A second hitch bar 23 has its end provided with an opening that corresponds to the opening 20 in bar 19 and has its other end bent so that it is substantially parallel with the extreme free end of the bar 19. The harrow comprises two parallel angle iron bars 24 an 25, to which the teeth 26 are secured 1 by means of eye bolts 27. To the upper side of each angle I secure two brackets 28 to the outsides of which bars 19 and 23 are pivotal- 1y connected by means of bolts 29. A bar 30 is mounted between theupper ends of the brackets 28 and is held in place by bolts 31. The rear ends the 19 and. the

brackets 28 and the bar 30 form a rectangle. In order to hold the teeth in adjusted position, I provide a diagonal bar 32 that has one end provided with a plurality of holes 33 for the reception of the bolt 34. It is evident that the diagonal bar 32 prevents the rec-,

tangle from changing and that it therefore serves as an adjusting means, which permits the teeth to be held straight as shown in Fig. 2 or to be slanted as shown in Fig. 3.

It is evident from the above description, that when my harrow is attached to the plow it will harrow the soil directly after it has is provided with adjusting means by which the slant of the teeth can be varied to conform to the character of the soil and the attachment to the plow is such that it permits the harrow to move vertically with respect to the ground.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is:

Means for pivotally connecting a hitch member to a plow beam comprising two bars, each having an opening near each end, a clamping bolt extending through the openings in the bars, at each end, one of the said bolts having a threaded portion intermediate its ends and a threaded end portion, that part of the bolt between said threaded portions being adapted to serve as a pivot for hitch bars by means of which a harrow is secured to a plow.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALBERT M. LEYNER 

